Caregivers of children or youth with a confirmed diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Communication is an ongoing, evolving part of parenting a child with ASD. This workshop will introduce families to naturalistic communication strategies that can easily be incorporated into everyday family routines. The facilitator will assist caregivers to identify a developmentally appropriate communication goal.
Best suited for families looking for support with 3 or more goals, or one more complex goal (e.g., potty training, sleep), or families looking for support with challenging behaviour
- Children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Children aged 18 months to 8 years old
This service is reserved for children who are not actively receiving direct ABA services, or services via telehealth, that are supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
- Applied Behaviour Analysis
- Emotional Regulation
- Feeding
- Play
- Self-regulation
- Skill Building
- Sleeping
- Social Skills
Caregivers will participate in a 1-hour consultation meeting with the BCBA to discuss their goal(s), provide any relevant information about their child, and have the BCBA complete a brief observation of their child. Following the initial consultation meeting the BCBA will provide a recommendation for goals and your child will receive ABA service with our clinical team including a BCBA and Lead ABA Therapist for 6 hours a week for 12 weeks.
Focused ABA sessions will last 3 hours and occur twice per week.
Caregivers will be provided the opportunity to participate in service and/or to receive coaching on ABA strategies throughout the 12 weeks.
This service is available in English with limited spaces for service available in French.
- Communication
- Siblings
- Social Skills
- Webinar
This program is best suited for participants aged 8 – 11 who demonstrate listening, waiting and responding skills to support with group facilitation.
In order to support with the success of the group we ask that:
Children/youth agree to participate voluntarily
Children/youth be able to participate without one to one support and
Parents/ caregivers attend the last 10 minutes of the session
The Zones of Regulation will support learners with identifying emotions and their Zones before moving on to take a closer look at how they move through each Zone throughout their daily schedule, as well identifying triggers. Participants should have sufficient language and attention skills to complete sessions.
Best suited for caregivers of children with a confirmed diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Children with ASD commonly face challenges with sleep which impacts not only the child, but the entire family as a unit. This session will some of the reasons your child may not be sleeping and strategies for families to try with their children.
Youth with a confirmed diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder; youth who have completed the introductory course of Vocational Skills training with CCR and/or other relevant community training.
Youth between the ages of 15-17 who are interested in looking for volunteer work or employment.
Following their participation in the Vocational Training introductory course, youth will have an opportunity to apply their newly learned skills in a small community project selected by the group.
The project will address a community need such as expanding a green space in a non-profit organization; art mural; building items that can be used for play and learning, and/or an innovative idea that will address a community need.
Participants will have the opportunity to practice their skills in the area of resume creation and interviewing, while also developing further knowledge about their community. The project team will work on skills such as planning, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills.
An honorarium will be provided to each selected participant for this project. One to one job coaching and supervision will be provided by an ABA Therapist and a BCBA.
Youth aged 15-17 with a confirmed diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
This workshop will support youth on the spectrum that are looking to get into the workforce for the first time. It is geared to youth between the ages of 15-17 who are able to attend independently and participate in a small group setting via a virtual platform or in class.
Youth will learn where to look for job postings, different resume styles, develop the skills for creating a cover letter and resume, Interview tips, common interview questions and how to be prepared for an interview.
Best suited for youth on the spectrum that are looking to get into the workforce for the first time. Youth will be required to attend independently and participate in a small group setting or via virtual platform.
Parents and caregivers – families must have access to reliable internet and technology.
- Consultation
- Visuals
- Workshop
This workshop will introduce caregivers to effective visual strategies that will assist in promoting positive behaviours. Participants can also partake in a one-hour follow up (virtually) to support implementation of visual at home.
Parents and caregivers.
- Visuals
- Workshop
Participants learn a variety of visual learning tools they can implement at home to support their child’s independence and learning. The session will focus on creating and utilizing; visual schedules, first/then boards, and visual task analyses. Parents/Caregivers will be given the opportunity to create their own visual with the support of a therapist.
Children aged 0-6 and their families.
Best suited for parents with young children.
This presentation will provide ways that parents can use visuals to enhance the learning of young children. Visuals are proven to be exceptionally helpful when teaching new concepts to children with low language, delays in cognition, self regulation/anxiety challenges, and those requiring a bit more time to grasp new concepts or adjust to new situations/environments. I am hopeful that viewers will gain insight into how they can use visuals throughout their everyday interactions with children. Some research to support the effectiveness of using visuals to support children with autism can be found on the Autism Speaks website or by following the link below.
Parents and caregivers – families must have access to reliable internet and technology.
This workshop will discuss strategies that are proven effective when teaching toileting skills. Participants will gain knowledge of steps of toilet training, teaching strategies to implement during the toilet training journey. This is accompanied by a one-hour follow up consultation to support implementation into the home setting.
Parents/Caregivers of children diagnosed with
autism (who have youths between the ages of 7
years and older)
Now what? Toileting skills are more than just learning to void in the toilet. Let’s talk about next steps:
– initiating to go independently
– males learning to stand to pee
– learning to wipe self
– nighttime dryness
To name a few…
Parents/Caregivers of children diagnosed
with autism (between the ages of 3 to 8 years old)
Toileting is an essential milestone for all individuals to acquire as this skill is a steppingstone to the development of other skills. This workshop aims to support parents and caregivers of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to teach toileting skills; the workshop includes teaching:
• Toileting phases
• Research supported strategies
• Child centered approach
• Collecting and interpreting data
• Reinforcement and troubleshooting
Caregivers of children 0-18 years.
Best suited for families of children with ASD looking for general education on strategies for increasing variety of foods and supporting healthy eating habits.
Please note that the caregiver must have access to a reliable Internet connection and a device where caregivers can watch and hear the presenters.
Exclusionary criteria: Families looking for individualized feeding support for difficulties with choking, feeding with the use of G-tubes, or who have children who are not eating at all. These children should be referred for 1:1 support through their local children’s developmental services agency.
Children with ASD commonly face challenges with eating a healthy range of foods for many reasons. Come and learn more about why your child might be struggling with food, and strategies to support healthy eating habits and a wider food variety. For further guidance and support, an individualized follow-up session can also be scheduled during the week following the presentation.
Learners aged 12 years or older, who would benefit from improving social-emotional skills and/or engaging in increased adaptive, and appropriate behaviour.
Must have a reliable Internet connection and a device with webcam and audio capabilities. An adult facilitator must be present to help guide the intervention.
***Prerequisite skills: able to engage in communication exchanges that included
speaking in at least one to two sentences at a time and understand simple spoken
directions.
The Think Good Feel Good program uses a cognitive behavioural approach to explore and test their thoughts and learn alternative cognitive and behavioural skills.
Learners develop prosocial behaviour skills, and have the necessary tools to overcome social and emotional challenges.
For youths diagnosed with autism between the ages of 12 years and older.
This group will run for 6 consecutive weeks with a facilitator mediating the discussions on various topics. Aimed at getting youths to socialize, providing platforms to build social skills, and using technology to do it!
Parents with a child or adolescent with an ASD diagnosis or behaviour challenges.
Parents play an important role in the sex education of their children. Every day, they serve as models of sexual health while also conveying their own values and beliefs. It is reassuring for teens to know there are trusting adults to support, guide and act as non-judgemental sources of information and education. The goal of the consultation is to provide parents and caregivers the information needed to support a structure for appropriate sexual behaviour based on ABA strategies and offer opportunities for teaching their teens social integration and healthy sexuality. Virtual brainstorming ABA strategies and sexuality with families on an individual basis. One follow up session to ensure good practice and application of ABA strategies. Parents should come prepared with their questions and concerns. If further evaluation is required, parents will be encouraged to contact a BCBA for clinical treatment.
Parents/Caregivers of children diagnosed with autism (between the ages of 3 to 15 years old)
This workshop has 3 group sessions across 2 months with 2 follow up individual sessions with a BCBA.
Session 1: Review ABA strategies on teaching self help skills
Session 2: Identify and develop a self-help goal
Session 3: Follow up progress and goal monitoring
*Consultative support from a BCBA
For parents/caregivers who want to learn strategies to engage learners between the ages of 2 and 8 years old.
Teaching your child play skills to help expand their language and social interactions, for children 2 to 8 years of age who have minimal language during play.
Service is inclusive for caregivers having children with ASD who use few single words/phrases and/or who use little appropriate, independent or creative play. Both English and French families are welcome and will receive the consultation in their language of choice. Available virtually to families in any Northern district – urban, rural or remote.
Research shows that language develops after teaching gestures, joint attention and play skills to minimally verbal children. Moreover, having functional and creative play skills increases children’s ability to play on their own as well as with others. Join us to learn about language and play milestones, to identify your child’s current and target levels of play and language skills and importantly, to practice key strategies to promote your child’s play and language development. Our multidisciplinary team uses play-based natural environment teaching, along with evidence based developmental, linguistic, and Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) methods.
Caregivers training is provided in a 1-hour weekly session for 5 weeks followed by three, 1-hour in-person, phone or video consultations with a multidisciplinary team member to implement individualized strategies with their child at home.
parents and caregivers along with their child age 3 to 7 years old
child with social communication difficulties
child must be able to have a back-and-forth conversation for up to 3 turns (if unable to, please refer to More Than Words Program)
families must have access to reliable internet and technology
Participants will learn how your child carries on conversation and next steps to support back-and-forth conversations, how to encourage attending to non-verbal social messages, how to talk so they can tune in to what others are thinking, how to increase story-telling and play imaginatively, and how to help them make friends. Participants will receive 4 individual consultation sessions with caregiver & child; 8 group learning sessions for caregivers.
Best suited for children aged 0-18 with diagnosed or suspected Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Non-verbal individuals may not find this workshop helpful.
Facilitators will lead an online workshop on the topic of sexual health and wellness for parents of youth with ASD. Parents will learn how to support their youth explore issues including puberty, consent, and sexual boundaries. Parents/youth will be offered online follow-up sessions for further support.
Best suited for children aged 10-18 with diagnosed or suspected Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Non-verbal individuals may not find this workshop helpful.
Youth and their parents will attend an online workshop to learn strategies for coping with anxiety in healthy ways. Parents/youth will be offered online follow-up sessions for further support and skill development.
Best suited for children aged 10-18 with diagnosed or suspected Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Non-verbal individuals may not find this workshop helpful.
Facilitators will lead an online workshop for parents of youth with ASD regarding aggressive behavior. Parents will learn how to support the development of helpful thinking styles, self-regulation skills, and adaptive behavior. Parents/youth will be offered online follow-up for further support.
Service Providers
ABA Northern Services and Training Inc.
Applied Behaviour Analytic Services
Breakthrough Speech & Language Therapy
Brenna Lanktree and Associates, Inc.
George Jeffrey Children's Centre
Kerry Maisels Behaviour Consulting Inc
Northern Outreach & Clinical Services